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George Franklin Low

Lot Title

none
Location in Cemetery
Section: a     Lot: 52     Grave: 5

Date of death

Jan-29-1905

Date of birth

Nov-25-1834

Age

70 yrs   2 mths   4 dys

Verse (Legibility: G - GOOD)

Unspecified

Veteran Information

Veteran: Yes

Relatives

Son of William and Mary Lowe Husband of Lucretia Allen Father of Flora Allen

Stone Shape

SQ - SQUARE TOP

Stone Decoration

F - FLOWERS

Stone Condition

G - GOOD

Stone Material

G - GRANITE

State of Stone

R - REPAIRED

Other Information

Stone cleaned and leveled in 2021. George Franklin Lowe was born in Providence, Rhode Island on November 25, 1834. His parents were local jeweler William Lowe and his wife, Mary. Jewelry work and sales was the family business. George's older brother, Robert, entered the business as well. In his teens, George was employed as a clerk but by the 1860 census, he was working as a jeweler and living with Robert and his wife and their widowed mother, Mary. When the Civil War began in 1861, George, who often went by "Frank" (from his middle name, Franklin), volunteered for duty and joined the 1st Regiment Rhode Island Infantry. Organized on the 17th of April, they set out for Washington, D.C. on April 20 and were stationed at Camp Sprague where they served as part of the defenses for the Capital force until mid-July. An officer in the Union Army, George Frank Low was a Second Lieutenant. The incredible 1861 Matthew Brady portrait of Lieutenant Low in uniform attached with our post was shared with us by David (and Cindy) Hiltibrand, Frank's great-great grandson. On July 16, the regiment was attached to Burnside's Brigade, Hunter's Division of the Army of Northeast Virginia under the direction of Major General Irvin McDowell. They advanced on Manassas for the better part of a week, culminating in an engagement with Confederate troops in the Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, the first major Confederate victory. Defeated General McDowell was quickly replaced, and it soon became obvious that the war of the rebellion would be a long, drawn-out conflict. As for the 1st Rhode Island Regiment, the infantry unit headed back to Washington, and was transferred home on July 25, mustering out on August 2, 1861. Frank Lowe, (or Low, in some census and other records), went back to the jewelry trade with his brother. On September 25, 1862, he married Lucretia Allen, the daughter of D. Anthony and Lucretia Allen. Born in New Bedford in January of 1842, Lucretia was 21, and her husband was 27, when they were married in Providence by Clergyman Moulton. Their daughter, Flora, was born in February of 1864. The 1870 census noted the family of three living in Providence with Frank's brother, Robert, and brother-in-law, Fred Allen, also in the jewelry business. By 1880, they were living in a multi-family home on Pond Street in the city but soon after took up residence in Cranston, RI, renting a home at 144 Auburn Street. That 1882 wood-frame home still stands today. In 1900, the Lows were living with daughter Flora and her husband, Walter Little, and their lone grandchild, Flora Neita Little. In January of 1905, Frank fell ill with a strangulated femoral hernia, an uncommon type of hernia that can sometimes appear as a painful lump in the inner upper part of the thigh or groin. Femoral hernias are generally not life-threatening. However, strangulation of the hernia can become life-threatening, and today would be treated through emergency surgery. He was hospitalized at Rhode Island Hospital for the strangulated hernia and suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died on the afternoon of January 29 at the age of 70 years, 2 months and 4 days. Although he lived his life in Rhode Island, his body was brought to Westport where he was buried in Lucretia's family plot. -Todd Baptista

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Cemetery


LINDEN GROVE


Address

0 Reed Road
Westport
Massachusetts
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Supplementary Information

1,257   Marked Stones in this Cemetery
0   Unmarked Stones (Fieldstones) in this Cemetery

G.R. 2. - Gravestone record, Linden Grove Cemetery, Head of Westport, Vital Records to 1850. The cemetery was originally supervised by the private group, Linden Grove Association, but is now part of Town of Westport property and supervised by the Town Cemetery Director. This cemetery is next to Maple Grove Cemetery. There are three additions to the data for Linden Grove not available for the private cemeteries: photo(s) of each stone, a map of the cemetery showing relative locations of lots and the name of the owner(s) of the lot. There is only one "section" in Linden Grove. The Westport Gravestone Cleaning and Restoration Group has cleaned all the stones in Linden Grove using D/2 Biological Solution for cleaning. Most broken and leaning stones have been restored as of June 2023. Funding has been provided for training of the persons doing the work using CPA funding. CPA funding has also paid for supplies. Information on many of the interred has also been provided by Laura Oliviera, Todd Baptista and Troy Rebello.

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GPS North: 41.62386
GPS West: 71.05688
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